My daughter, Eliana, fell in love with elephants at the age of 2. Watching her with her elephants made me realize the connection with learning: Big elephant ears help you learn by listening and an elephant never forgets! There are countless other analogies - Come and open up your elephant ears and never forget to learn large with my daughter and me!

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Friday, January 4, 2013

I realize that Christmas has passed, and we have moved into a new year. However, I received this coolest gift for Christmas from my niece and just had to share my haphazard tutorial of how to make one for yourself to make your own gift card snow globe.

Hint: These would make adorable Teacher Gifts for any occasion, and a child could make them with adult supervision with the hot glue gun!

Yes, they are decorated in Christmas ornaments, but you could just as easily make it any wintry scene to give throughout Valentine's Day, a child's birthday (add a princess theme and some pink tulle) or even a gift just to give during the winter. You could probably even turn it into a sandy beach/ocean scene with some blue food coloring and a little creativity to give throughout the year.

Keep in mind that I did not make this originally, I received it as a gift. But, I pretty much figured out how it goes.

Start with a jar, and remove the label.

Buy a gift card (the ones without the magnetic strip probably work best, but I don't know if this would become damaged when wet or not). Hot glue the gift card to the inside (bottom) top of the lid.

Note: When I opened my snow globe to redeem the gift card, this was challenging to remove. So, it might work best to wrap the gift card inside a clear plastic bag or plastic wrap and glue only the wrapping or outside bag to the lid instead. Just a thought. But, I did successfully get all the glue off so I can use the cards.

Fill the jar with as much glitter as you desire (or other decorations, such as small water-proof Christmas ornaments, little heart glitter (for Valentine's Day) or sea shells and glitter that resembles sand for a beach scene. Use your creativity and go wild.

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

If learning to tie shoelaces seems like a lost art, learning to tie knots can be useful. Well, at least the Boy Scouts still teach the art of knot tying. And, if nothing else, it's a fun process when elephants are involved.

This is not a paid product review, though if I were to throw in my two cents worth I would highly recommend these kits. My daughter received hers as a Christmas gift from my sister, but I believe you can find them at Joann's Fabrics and maybe even Hobby Lobby, Michaels or online.

It began with two pieces of fleece fabric. One was a solid lime green backing color. The other was PINK ELEPHANTS!!!!!

My elephant-loving daughter was thrilled when she got the chance to learn how to tie knots using a No-Sew Fleece blanket kit picturing PINK ELEPHANTS!

I cut the strips of fabric fleece fringe and showed her how to cross the strips to form an "X" and then tuck inside the newly formed circle and puuuuuullllllllll hard and tight. She LOVED this part.

Soon, I began to tie every other fringe strip leaving the rest to her.

Before long, the blanket was complete with one happy elephant-loving knot-tying girl.

About Me

John Scott is a talented musician and loves to share the joy of his faith in music whether it be providing music by DJing or by singing, playing guitar or saxophone.
Tere Scott is John's wife. She homeschools their 3 kids while selling the contents of our basement on Ebay to declutter and pay off debt. She also writes for online publishers and sells on Etsy.